Chinese students like 18-year-old Guo Xinyan are increasingly using AI chatbots from Alibaba, ByteDance, Tencent, and Baidu to help select colleges and majors after the gaokao exam, as families seek f…
Jack Ma-backed OceanBase is seeking to raise 2 billion to 3 billion yuan ($295 million to $443 million) in series A funding to expand into AI database services, according to people familiar with the m…
Ant International, the overseas affiliate of Chinese fintech group Ant Group, has raised about $1.2 billion in a fresh equity round to fund its expansion into markets beyond China. The Singapore-based…
Chinese President Xi Jinping will deliver a keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the World AI Conference in Shanghai starting Friday, marking his first appearance at the country's flagship AI eve…
China's slowing economy and the rise of AI tools are spawning a new generation of micro-entrepreneurs who use generative AI to run small businesses, replacing the earlier wave of platform-driven start…
China's AI boom is fostering a new wave of micro-entrepreneurs who use generative AI tools to run businesses, driven by economic slowdown and the phenomenon of 'involution' (neijuan). Unlike the optim…
Ant Group is testing an overhaul of its Alipay super app that introduces an AI agent interface, allowing users to book rides, order coffee, or manage finances via voice or text commands. The move esca…